Article: Fed: Developments in hunger strike


AAP General News (Australia)
01-08-2004
Fed: Developments in hunger strike

Key developments in hunger strike on Nauru:

Dec 10 - Four Afghani asylum seekers sew their lips together and five others begin hunger strike.

Dec 13 - 11 more join hunger strike.

Dec 14 - First asylum seeker taken to hospital.

Dec 15 - Seven taken to hospital, others reported to be urinating blood. 24 now on hunger strike.

Dec 16 - Asylum seekers on Nauru launch legal action against the federal government,
claiming they are being falsely imprisoned.

Dec 17 - Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone says hunger strikers are not the Australian
government's problem. 36 now on hunger strike.

Dec 24 - United ...

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